this is bbc news, the headlines at five: a libyan man suspected of making the bomb that destroyed pan am flight 103 over the town of lockerbie in 1988 is in us custody. a nursing union leader says a planned strike by nurses could be called off, if the health secretary negotiates seriously over pay. the one day of action that nurses are going to take on thursday hasn't created the 7.2 million people sitting on our waiting lists. the job of union leaders is to negotiate on behalf of their members, they do an incredibly importantjob, but they negotiate with their employers. in this instance, the employer is the nhs. a teenage girl with seemingly incurable leukaemia is now cancer—free thanks to a revolutionary therapy.

authorities in jersey say they are no longer looking for survivors after a explosion that destroyed a block of flats yesterday. and nasa's orion space capsule is due to return to earth later, ending a three—week test mission around the moon. ijust want i just want to bring you ijust want to bring you some breaking news. several people are believed to be in a critical condition after being pulled from a lake in solihull. emergency services in the west midlands say they are dealing with a major incident in the area after a number of people fell into freezing water earlier this afternoon, and we can show you that

west midlands police have tweeted, saying they are currently at the scene of a series incident at babbs mill park in solihull, and they are seeing a number of people have been pulled from a lake and are being transported to hospital. that is the scene at the moment, you can see the emergency service vehicles there, people believed to be in a critical condition, but not much more that has been revealed at the moment, not much more information about the incident either, but west midlands fire and ambulance service say they will provide further updates in due course, and of course we will bring you those as we get them. the us department ofjustice says a man accused of making the bomb which destroyed pan am flight 103 over lockerbie will soon make his first appearance at a federal court in washington dc. the bombing attack in december 1988 killed 270 people. bbc scotland's home affairs correspondent david cowan told us more.

0n the 32nd anniversary of the lockerbie bombing in 2020, the outgoing us general attorney, william barr, announced the charges against abu agila masud. the americans said that masud had confessed to making the bomb, which was smuggled onto a plane in malta, then transferred onto another plane in frankfurt and then ultimately transferred onto pan am 103 at heathrow. it took off and then exploded in the skies over lockerbie in scotland, killing everybody on board, all 259 passengers, passengers and crew, and another 11 people on the ground in lockerbie when the wreckage fell into their homes. the americans allege that masud had made the bomb, only one person has ever been convicted of actually carrying out this operation. that was abdelbasset al—megrahi, who was convicted after standing trial to scottish court in the netherlands. he was jailed for life, but released on compassionate grounds by the scottish government in 2009 and died in libya in 2012.

but the americans and the scots always said others were involved. they're saying that masud was one of the people involved in that operation and they've been pursuing him now for a number of years. he was serving a prison sentence, a ten year prison sentence, for bombing activities against people who were rising up against colonel gaddafi. last month, the american ambassador to libya, richard norland, met senior officials from the governments of national unity in tripoli. that was on november the 8th. then on the 21st of november, masud's family reported that he'd been kidnapped in tripoli by armed men. they suggested that the government of national unity might be planning to extradite him to the united states. there was something of a backlash to that possibility in libya. there were people from the gnu's justice ministry and also from human rights officials were saying that the case shouldn't be over and shouldn't be reopened. libya had accepted responsibility

and paid a huge amount of compensation back in 2003. they were saying effectively it had been dealt with. but the americans and scots, of course, have always felt that it hadn't been finished. and today we've had a statement from the crown 0ffice, the prosecution service in scotland, saying that the families of those killed in the lockerbie bombing have been told that abu agila masud is in us custody. scottish prosecutors and police working with uk governments and us colleagues will continue to pursue this investigation, they say, with the sole aim of bringing those who acted along with abdelbaset al—megrahi to justice. rescuers searching the scene of an explosion injersey in which at least three people died have said they no longer expect to find anyone else alive. specialist teams who spent the night combing the wreckage in st helier said their mission was now a recovery operation. there are reports the authorities had been warned of a gas leak the day before. 0ur correspondent dan johnson is on the island. late last night, the search

and rescue teams here came to the conclusion that there was no longer any hope of finding survivors in that pile of rubble, which is all that's left of the three—storey block of flats after the huge explosion here at 4am yesterday morning. so now this operation has moved into a recovery phase. there is some heavy machinery that has been brought in to go through that rubble, but the families of those who are missing have been warned that that recovery and identification operation will have to be done very slowly, very carefully, very delicately, and that could mean that it takes weeks, not days. now, in terms of the cause of this, the working theory seems to be that this could well have been a gas explosion, and we know that the fire service was called on friday night to reports that residents could smell gas. now, that's been confirmed by island authorities, and it will be investigated as part of working out what happened here, what went wrong, and whether, potentially,

it could have been prevented. the us department ofjustice is the man accused of making the bomb which destroyed pan flight 103 will soon appear in court in washington, dc. has any more information been released about how he came into us custody? there were reports that he was kidnapped in libya last month. that's right, and also reports that he was being held in a libyan prison on unrelated charges. it is an interesting question. the usjustice department has released just a fairly brief statement, saying the us has taken custody of the alleged pan am flight bomb maker, abu agila

masud, he is expected to make is a national appearance in the us district court in the district of columbia, and additional details will be forthcoming. now, presumably, those include how this extradition was arranged. i can tell you, though, that us officials have been on the case, as it were, for several decades after this man, mr masud, came to their attention, after it was alleged that he actually created, built the bomb that destroyed that plane above lockerbie, and handed it over to other suspects involved in the plot in malta, concealed in a suitcase, reports suggest. now, since then, mr masud has been at large, he was arrested in libya following the fall of colonel gaddafi, and he admitted to libyan officials, apparently,

that he had built this bomb. but that he had built this bomb. but that admission only came to light five years ago, and then a couple of years ago, the former us justice, attorney general, i should say, william barr, announced that he was charging mr masud in connection with the lockerbie bombing. so where he is now, the us has said only that he is now, the us has said only that he is in us custody, and of course that could be anywhere in the world, and when he will appear in court, we simply do not now, but the very fact that he is in us custody will be very cheering, i think, to many of the relatives of those who died, and of because a lot of those victims were americans, it was a flight from london to new york, and they will be very cheered by this. they have maintained pressure on the authorities here, on the fbi, on the usjustice department at authorities here, on the fbi, on the us justice department at the state department, meeting every five weeks

or so, to get updates on this case, on the authorities here, on the fbi, on the authorities here, on the fbi, on the authorities here, on the fbi, on the usjustice department and the state department, meeting every five weeks also to... we state department, meeting every five weeks also t0- - -_ state department, meeting every five weeks also to- - -_ weeks also to... we seem to have lost our link _ weeks also to... we seem to have lost our link to _ weeks also to... we seem to have lost our link to david _ weeks also to... we seem to have lost our link to david there, - weeks also to... we seem to have lost our link to david there, but i weeks also to... we seem to have| lost our link to david there, but we will try and return to him in a moment. that is david willis, our north america correspondent. the government has said it can't agree to a call by the nursing unions to negotiate with them directly over their 19% pay claim. the royal college of nusing has offered to pause its planned strikes in england, which are due to begin with a walk—out on thursday, in return for direct negotiations with ministers. the foreign secretary, james cleverly, said the government wanted to resolve the issue but it was for the nhs employers to negotiate with the unions. 0ur political correspondent helen catt reports. nurses in england, wales and northern ireland are due to walk out twice this month. the strikes will cause disruption as only care for life—threatening

cases has to be provided by law. the royal college of nursing says it is prepared to pause the action if the health secretary will agree to talks on pay. nurses aren't greedy people, they definitely are not, but a nurse on £27,000 a year living in central london needs to be able to feed her children, be able to send them to school, look after them in creches so they can go to work and pay their travel to go to work and also pay their utility bills. the government has said it has had talks with the rcn on making the nhs a better place to work but on pay it won't go there. the independent review body has made a recommendation, the government has accepted it fully, — and that of course means there will be a significant increase in pay, particularly for nurses at the start of their careers on lower salaries, and we recognise how tough it is for everybody. medical professionals included. we have to make sure we do this in a sustainable way. the average pay rise given to nhs staff this year was 4.75%, with the lowest paid guaranteed at least £1400.

but nurses say years of below inflation pay rises have left them in a difficult position and are calling for a rise of 5% above the rpi rate of inflation, which would currently work out at 19%. labour insist it is the government's fault if the strikes go ahead but wouldn't promise a rise on that scale. i'm not going to make promises i can't keep, plucking things out of thin air, but i would be prepared to negotiate if we were in government today, and i think that's the least we could expect. mr streeting has had his own run—in with a health union, the bma, which accused him of attacking it in the sunday telegraph this morning. he has claimed the doctors' union treated him like a heretic for saying there should be better standards for patients. all sides say they don't want the nurses' walk—outs to go ahead, but without the government agreeing to talk about pay they will be on the picket lines come thursday. this is of course just one of many strikes this month as the country faces a significantly disrupted december. helen catt, bbc news.

ben zaranko, senior research economist at the institute for fiscal studies, says the pay claim lodged by the nurses comes at a time when the nhs budget is incredibly stretched. the first thing is that if you were going to give nurses a 19% pay rise, you would have to provide additional funding to the nhs to pay for that. that would mean, probably, higher taxes at some point, that is the thing the government is wrestling with, it seems to have been bumped up against the limits it is willing to raise the taxes, and that is why it is resisting calls for additional spending. it would also add demand to the economy, nurses being able to spend more, and it could act as a benchmark to which private sector employers, their workers, might start demanding something similar to the nurses. it might add somewhat to inflationary pressures towards the economy. of course, a lot would depend on the specifics. the main thing is what it

would mean for the nhs budget. thousands of ambulance workers and other nhs staff are also due to strike on 21st december in a dispute over pay. the walk—out will affect non—life threatening calls only. sara gorton is the head of health at unison. health secretary steve barclay has said that what is being asked for is unaffordable. it said that what is being asked for is unaffordable.— unaffordable. it clearly is not. what is unaffordable - unaffordable. it clearly is not. what is unaffordable as - unaffordable. it clearly is not. what is unaffordable as the i what is unaffordable as the situation at the moment, where we have 133,000 vacancies in the nhs, so what we asked the secretary of state to do at the start of the year was to look at that situation and the growing gap between the staff that we need to provide a safe and effective health service and the staff that we have. the fact that so many people were telling us at the start of the year that they had

started looking for better paid and less stressful work elsewhere, and to work with us to invest in better pay and staffing across the nhs. and what we got was, we have had months of being fobbed off, we have had a government hiding behind a pay review body process and now trying to demonise trade unions, rather than talk to us about the pay rise thatis than talk to us about the pay rise that is needed in order to try to start solving this workforce crisis. the head of the royal college of nurses told the bbc that if the government would negotiate, the strikes could be called off. what is the situation surrounding the ambulance strikes? so the situation surrounding the ambulance strikes?— the situation surrounding the ambulance strikes? ., , ambulance strikes? so we have been t in: to ambulance strikes? so we have been trying to do — ambulance strikes? so we have been trying to do our— ambulance strikes? so we have been trying to do our best _ ambulance strikes? so we have been trying to do our best to _ ambulance strikes? so we have been trying to do our best to say _ ambulance strikes? so we have been trying to do our best to say to - ambulance strikes? so we have been trying to do our best to say to the . trying to do our best to say to the secretary of state that it is entirely in the government's power whether the strikes go ahead or not. we have been attempting, since the start of this year, to ask him to

talk to us seriously about pay. instead, he funnelled it into a lengthy pay review body process, and the review body was set up in the 19805 the review body was set up in the 1980s in order to command the confidence of health workers that they would be treated fairly when it came to pay. and not be left at the mercy of government pay policy. that is clearly not, you know, that confidence is no longer there, because the pay review body recommendations that have been made seem to give far more weight to government pay policy than to what is really needed in order to stop people leaving jobs in the nhs. 50 people leaving jobs in the nhs. so why do you think the pay review body has made a pay recommendation that is not what you would like? why do you think they have done that? because i think their priority was making a recommendation that the new government would pay, rather than giving a figure that was what was

what was needed in order to maintain high levels of recruitment, attracting new people intojobs in the health service, but most importantly the health unions advised of the government at the start of this year that the biggest problems we have got this retention, that there is a leaky bucket, that all of the efforts to improve other types of staffing initiative are being lost because we have so many people leaving and choosing to leave for better paid work elsewhere. and part of that reason is because of ny- part of that reason is because of pay. so when other sectors started raising issues about not being able to hold onto skilled workers, the government advised them that they needed to offer better paid, and lots of the retail sector, hospitality industry, did indeed do that, and now we have a situation where, if you are a health care

assistant or an emergency care assistant or an emergency care assistant in the ambulance service, you can actually, you know, earn a lot more going to work for a supermarket or another retail chain. you know, these are highly skilled jobs, and we are losing people for better paid and less stressful work in other sectors, and the secretary of state needs to talk to us about that. .. ., of state needs to talk to us about that, ,,., ., . ., , of state needs to talk to us about that. ., , of state needs to talk to us about that, ., , ., that. sarah, can i put something to ou from that. sarah, can i put something to you from matthew— that. sarah, can i put something to you from matthew taylor, - that. sarah, can i put something to you from matthew taylor, from - that. sarah, can i put something to you from matthew taylor, from the nhs confederation, which represents health managers? he says he is worried that the action would undoubtedly affect patient care and how quickly ambulance services could respond and may even deter people from seeking help. notwithstanding the need to campaign for higher pay, are you concerned about how an ambulance strike would affect patient care? eli ambulance strike would affect patient care?— ambulance strike would affect atient care? _, , . patient care? of course, the impact of strikes in — patient care? of course, the impact of strikes in the _ patient care? of course, the impact of strikes in the health _ patient care? of course, the impact of strikes in the health service - patient care? of course, the impact of strikes in the health service is i of strikes in the health service is always a concern, and that is why it is such a last resort. but what to

expect health workers to do? they have gone through all of the official processes, they have worked with experts from across the sector and from other industries to provide compelling evidence of the need for a decent pay rise. we have been through the very lengthy and arduous pay review body process to provide, you know, very detailed evidence. they have held demonstrations, they have failed in petitions, they have spoken to their mps. we have been calling on the government to negotiate directly with us and provide us with advice as health unions. what more can we do in order to bring attention to this? and it has taken the threat of strikes for the government even to bother responding in the media to this, let alone sitting and talking to us. if they had started having there serious conversations when we raised theissues serious conversations when we raised the issues at the start of the air, we may not have been here now. they

have got an example from north of the border, where we have a government in scotland who have chosen to invest in pay, and the additional money that has been found, an extra boost to health worker pay this year, has staved off strike action, so we are asking the secretary of state to follow suit here. .. ., secretary of state to follow suit here, ., ., ~' secretary of state to follow suit here. ., ., ~ i., secretary of state to follow suit here. ., ., ~ i. secretary of state to follow suit here. ., ., ~ . secretary of state to follow suit here, ., ., ~' y., . ., here. sarah, thank you so much for our time here. sarah, thank you so much for your time today _ here. sarah, thank you so much for your time today and _ here. sarah, thank you so much for your time today and for _ here. sarah, thank you so much for your time today and for speaking i here. sarah, thank you so much forj your time today and for speaking to us. the headlines on bbc news: a number of people are in critical condition after being pulled from a lake in freezing temperatures in solihull. a libyan man suspected of making the bomb that destroyed pan am flight 103 over the town of lockerbie in 1988 is in us custody. a nursing union leader says a planned strike by nurses could be called off, if the health secretary negotiates seriously over pay. england's footballers are on their way home after their 2—1 world cup quarterfinal defeat against france in qatar. their captain, harry kane, said it had been a tough defeat to take.

england's manager gareth southgate insisted that there was a lot to be excited for in future but said he hadn't decided whether he will see out the remaining two years of his contract. let's speak to sports correspondent 0lly foster, who is in doha. slightly less cheery circumstances than when we spoke yesterday. slightly, yes, they have packed up, and i checked out, and i are in the air right now, about an hour away from landing in birmingham, and then they will all go their separate ways and get back to their clubs, their world cup ending far too soon. they thought this was the year that they could go all the way, certainly one step further than they did in russia four years ago. on the face of it,

it looks like england have taken a backward step, because in russia they reached the semifinals, last year that fantastic run to the final of the european championship — a quarterfinal exit here? gareth southgate says he has no regrets whatsoever, or at least very few, he says they take a collective responsibility, it is notjust about a harry kane missed a penalty, which wouldn't have won the game for england and probably would have forced extra time, and then who knows what might have happened? they went toe to toe with the world champions, and there are certainly positives out of this england performance in their two or three weeks here in qatar. this is not a team that will be lambasted on their arrival back home from a major tournament, southgate saying today that they are now consistently feeding from the top table of european and world football. here is sports editor dan roan. out of the tournament they believed they could win, england's dejected players left their hotel earlier than they had hoped this morning. the journey home accompanied by all—too—familiar thoughts of what might have been. it was never going to be easy.

france showing why they are world champions as they took the lead. england are made of sterner stuff these days, and when the brazilian referee finally found in theirfavour, harry kane took his chance to equalise. kane scores for england! his team were now on top, but having gone so close to taking the lead, it was france who did so. giroud's deflected header decisive. england needed to dig deep, and with time running out this foul on mason mount presented a chance to rescue themselves. or so they thought. this would have put kane clear as england's record goal—scorer and almost certainly taken this epic into extra time, but instead, the cruellest of twists. he's missed it! a shell—shocked england left to rue another missed opportunity. we played well and created chances, we just didn't have the luck. the referee didn't help us. the ball didn't bounce our way. of course, the missed penalty from harry,

which will haunt him for the rest of his life, unfortunately. we can be proud of our achievements, it just wasn't to be on the night. amid the pain of defeat, england's 56—year—long wait for major silverware continues. the manager who has breathed new life into the side now considering his future. these tournaments take a lot out of you, and i need time to reflect, and we have done that after every tournament, and i believe it is the right thing to do. so it is france who will play surprise semifinalist morocco this week as they bid to become the first team for 60 years to retain the title. england are undoubtedly a growing force in the game but leave town amid a sense of a missed opportunity. painful to watch those images of defeat from last night, painful stuff indeed. we saw gareth southgate saying he will take a bit of a breather, have christmas to

think about his future. he does still have two years left on his contract, which would take him through beyond the next european championship, which is only 18 months to go, another four year cycle, another world cup cycle may be too far, but the average age of this group of players is just 26, and the core of that team will be going strong for the next couple of major championships. gareth southgate has had six years in the job now, 81 matches, some stretch when you look at the history of england managers. you have to go back to bobby robson, who had eight years and 95 matches, and before that it years and 95 matches, and before thatitis years and 95 matches, and before that it is alf ramsey and walter winterbottom. so gareth southgate has been entrusted with this team, and that young group of players have responded, and they are improving as well. so i know that a lot of those players certainly want gareth southgate to continue. absolutely,

and i saw southgate to continue. absolutely, and i saw the _ southgate to continue. absolutely, and i saw the pain _ southgate to continue. absolutely, and i saw the pain written - southgate to continue. absolutely, and i saw the pain written across i and i saw the pain written across your face, and i saw the pain written across yourface, iam and i saw the pain written across yourface, i am sorry! thank you and i saw the pain written across your face, i am sorry! thank you for bringing us the update. a world first now — a teenage girl's incurable cancer has been cleared from her body using a revolutionary new type of medicine. all other treatments for alyssa's leukaemia had failed. the ground—breaking treatment is known as "base editing". it involves making genetic changes to donor cells, enabling them to attack her cancer. 0ur medical editor, fergus walsh, reports. iwon! no, you didn't! yes, idid. i didn't feel like i wanted to give up. it's not the person who i am. no, it don't count. the whole experience brought me so much closer with my family. alyssa is back home in leicester thanks to a pioneering new cancer therapy. all other treatment options for her leukaemia had failed. you breathe in and breathe out. thank you, that's a good one. so in may, she received

a world first therapy. it is extremely exciting. so obviously, this is a new field in medicine and it's fascinating that we can redirect the immune system to fight cancer. and i think that's a revolution in our field. alyssa's immune system couldn't clear her cancer, so she was given donor cells, which had been tweaked using a new technique called base editing. in the lab, three precise changes were made to the cells' dna, and they were then armed to fight her cancer. base editing is part of a genetic revolution which is transforming our understanding of human biology. it is an incredibly precise tool with huge potential to treat and possibly cure a range of diseases, especially disorders of the blood. ten children with t—cell leukaemia will have the treatment as part of a clinical trial.

it's a very fast—moving area of science. there's enormous amounts of innovation going on in terms of how we can use these new tools to manipulate and change bits of dna. and our applications are to cure diseases. and i think there's enormous potential to do that across the board. # homegrown alligator # see you later # going to hit the road... alyssa is still receiving drugs to help her fight infection and she'll have regular hospital checks. for now, cancer is undetectable in her blood. last year, we were sort of dreading christmas, because we thought maybe this is our... last christmas with her. to have had this extra year, even to have this last three months where she's been well and she's been at home and she's been doing what she's wanted, has been... that's like a gift in itself. you must be so proud of her. yeah, without a doubt. when you see what she's gone

through and the sort of vitality for life that she's brought to every situation, it's astounding. it's really is amazing. and you're the first person in the world to have this treatment. how does that feel? it's amazing that i've been able to have this opportunity. i'm very thankful for it, because this has given me another chance. and also it's going to help other children as well in the future. so look at all these beads... every one of these beads represents a procedure alyssa has undergone, including two bone—marrow transplants, since she was diagnosed with t—cell leukaemia — a collection she's hoping to put away for good. one more, when you're having your line out, mummy doesn't want any more surgery. fergus walsh, bbc news.

nasa's 0rion space capsule is due to return to earth, ending a three—week test mission around the moon. the unmanned capsule will splash down in the pacific ocean off the coast of california. if it goes smoothly, engineers could determine that it's ready to take astronauts back to moon later this decade. this is the live scene at nasa hq. this is the live scene at nasa hq. this is the live scene at nasa hq. this is a live feed at nasa where we are expecting that splashdown in the next minutes. while we are waiting that, we will take you to it life when it happens, but let's speak to elizabeth pearson, the features editor of the sky at night magazine. i'm excited about this. how are you feeling with just minutes to go? very exciting. this is something we have been looking forward to for years. this mission has been delayed a couple of times at the very last

minute. to finally see that it is about to reach its completion, because this is one of the most important faces that are to miss one is going to make share it can bring people back to earth safely. it is this art people back to earth safely. it is this part of _ people back to earth safely. it is this part of the _ people back to earth safely. it is this part of the mission, as well as the launch, that are the most potentially dangerous ones. absolutely. these are the times when the rocket and none of the hardware are going to be put through the most extreme pressures that they are under. during its re—entry, the capital is going to heat up to about 2800 celsius, so that is really, really hot. fortunately, it has a really hot. fortunately, it has a really good heat shield on it that both reflect all of that sheet. so come inside the capsicum it should remain nice and comfortable for any astronauts that would be on board in the future. just astronauts that would be on board in the future. , , ~ , .,, astronauts that would be on board in the future, , ~ , .,, the future. just 6.4 people, white as the artemis _

the future. just 6.4 people, white as the artemis programme - the future. just 6.4 people, white as the artemis programme so - as the artemis programme so significant?— as the artemis programme so siunificant? �* , , ., ., significant? the artemis programme is auoin to significant? the artemis programme is going to be _ significant? the artemis programme is going to be at _ significant? the artemis programme is going to be at nasa's _ significant? the artemis programme is going to be at nasa's first - is going to be at nasa's first attempt to breach is back on the moon since 1972. that should reach fruition in the next couple of years. they're hoping to get people on the mend by 2026, that's a current deadline. it is a first and we have returned in over 50 years, the first time they have put a women back on a demon, and eventually a person of colour as well. and it is the big plan is notjust to do footprint and flag missions, but to have something long—term, to go back to the moon and stay there on a much more permanent basis. that to the moon and stay there on a much more permanent basis.— more permanent basis. that might sound like the _ more permanent basis. that might sound like the most _ more permanent basis. that might sound like the most incredible, - sound like the most incredible, futuristic and perhaps implausible scenario, but how close are we as humanity to getting there? getting somebody on _ humanity to getting there? getting somebody on today _ humanity to getting there? getting somebody on today moon, - humanity to getting there? getting somebody on today moon, pretty l somebody on today moon, pretty close. but something more permanent,

they're already working with many international partners, including the european space agency to build something called the learner gateway, which is going to be eight philly fed space chasing and permanent orbit around the moon that we can start staging missions to the suffers from. so, that is going to be the next big step in making travel to the moon a bit more regular. that will still be exciting when it happens, but hopefully it will be happening a little bit more often. we will be happening a little bit more often. ~ . , , will be happening a little bit more often. ~ ., ,, ., , ., will be happening a little bit more often. ~ ., , ., ., often. we assume images now from the nasa feed, often. we assume images now from the nasa feed. and — often. we assume images now from the nasa feed. and it _ often. we assume images now from the nasa feed, and it is _ often. we assume images now from the nasa feed, and it is hard _ often. we assume images now from the nasa feed, and it is hard to _ nasa feed, and it is hard to decipher quite what we are looking at and which may be a gun, but will be keeping an eye out. i think we still have a few minutes before splashdown is due to happen. explain to people what we can expect to see when that happens.—

to people what we can expect to see when that happens. around about now, artemis i's capital _ when that happens. around about now, artemis i's capital is _ when that happens. around about now, artemis i's capital is going _ when that happens. around about now, artemis i's capital is going to _ when that happens. around about now, artemis i's capital is going to be - artemis i's capital is going to be doing something for the first time, butjust going to try to skip off the atmosphere. there are going to dip into the atmosphere a little bit to try to bleed away some of the speed. the capital is currently going at 40,000 kilometres per hour, so it is going to take up a bit of speed, and then when it comes back in about seven minutes to its descent proper, it will go through various different phases. first, the heat shield will help slow down and played about all of that heat from the atmosphere, and then when its got down to a cooler temperature that you won't melt their parachutes, it 11 different parishes that it parachutes, it 11 different parishes thatitis parachutes, it 11 different parishes that it is going to deploy in three different stages that will come out that will slowly slow it down and tell it splashes down some of the pacific ocean, but it can go and brought home. and if there were any astronauts on board, that would be determined when they can finally breathe the air again. we have just

heard it is around 100,000 feet, so not long to go at all. i don't know if you can hear that, what we might do, i don't know if you can listen in to a little bit of... 0ccasionally, be here a little bit. elizabeth, explain quite how much of a feat of human endeavour it is to have got to the stage.— have got to the stage. getting endin: have got to the stage. getting ending count _ have got to the stage. getting ending count of— have got to the stage. getting ending count of space - have got to the stage. getting ending count of space travel l have got to the stage. getting| ending count of space travel is have got to the stage. getting - ending count of space travel is very difficult. any kind of human space travel is even more difficult, and getting people to the moon is incredibly difficult. there is a reason why we haven't done in 50 years. also, this time around people are trying to make sure that it is a much safer, easier to do, so we can get more people out there and make it much more universalfor get more people out there and make it much more universal for people being able to fly to fly today moon, because back in the early days it was a bit risky. when people are really needed to know what they were doing if they were going to fly to

the moon. they're trying to be able to make this more accessible to more people to be able to get them onto the surface. if people to be able to get them onto the surface-— the surface. if we “ust listen and a little bit there. — the surface. if we just listen and a little bit there. you _ the surface. if we just listen and a little bit there. you might - the surface. if we just listen and a little bit there. you might not - the surface. if we just listen and a little bit there. you might not be. little bit there. you might not be able to see very clearly from your screen, but it said that splashdown isn'tjust under four minutes. they have a countdown there. if this goes successfully, but fingers crossed it well, what sort of timeframe are we talking about in terms of when we can see crude capsules, a man's capture, do the same mission? the first mission _ with crewed capsule will take people up with crewed capsule will take people up to the surface and about 2023, and then in 2025—26, that is when we are going to seek their first

landing onto the surface of the moon. that is what we're really hoping for, and we're really looking forward to. you hoping for, and we're really looking forward to. ., ., ., , ., forward to. you mention and explain in what we are _ forward to. you mention and explain in what we are likely _ forward to. you mention and explain in what we are likely to _ forward to. you mention and explain in what we are likely to see, - forward to. you mention and explain in what we are likely to see, some i in what we are likely to see, some parachutes, and that looks like that is what seeing now. i can parachutes, and that looks like that is what seeing now.— is what seeing now. i can see it, es. is what seeing now. i can see it, yes- those _ is what seeing now. i can see it, yes- those at — is what seeing now. i can see it, yes. those at the _ is what seeing now. i can see it, yes. those at the moment, - is what seeing now. i can see it, j yes. those at the moment, they is what seeing now. i can see it, - yes. those at the moment, they are some of the preliminary parachutes. these are designed to just stabilise the spacecraft... making sure that it is common in nice and steadily into the surface before it releases its main parachutes, which are going to be much, much larger and will hopefully slow it down. it is to be much, much larger and will hopefully slow it down.— hopefully slow it down. it is at 10,000 hopefully slow it down. it is at 10.000 feet — hopefully slow it down. it is at 10,000 feet now, _ hopefully slow it down. it is at 10,000 feet now, it _ hopefully slow it down. it is at 10,000 feet now, it said - hopefully slow it down. it is at 10,000 feet now, it said a - hopefully slow it down. it is at | 10,000 feet now, it said a few seconds ago, not very long to go. fingers crossed, hoping for the best, but because it is the potentially precarious thing, what

are the risks around this moment? 0ne are the risks around this moment? one of the biggest risks is something going on with one of the parachutes. everything with space flight, they always put in lots of redundancies to make sure, so you might be able to see that no, and a couple of seconds, that there are three parachutes to plan. if two of those unfold properly, it will be fine. but it looked like all three are absolutely fine. those are the main parachutes, but it will float down on to the ground. thea;r main parachutes, but it will float down on to the ground. they sound very pleased _ down on to the ground. they sound very pleased about _ down on to the ground. they sound very pleased about that. _ down on to the ground. they sound very pleased about that. three - down on to the ground. they sound| very pleased about that. three fully inflated main parachutes. and i think 90 seconds until splashdown. the apollo missions use the same sort of principle of using parachutes to come back down to

earth. they have got lots of different faces, because different types of parachutes help with different types of things. you need one type to stabilise it, and these ones are absolutely huge that will slow it right then. and also because it is going through different bits of the atmosphere, certain types of parachutes work better with different types. it is very thin up at the top, and not so thin also earth. �* ., , ~ earth. and the editors. america's new ticket _ earth. and the editors. america's new ticket to _ earth. and the editors. america's new ticket to ride _ earth. and the editors. america's new ticket to ride to _ earth. and the editors. america's new ticket to ride to the - earth. and the editors. america's new ticket to ride to the moon i earth. and the editors. america'sl new ticket to ride to the moon and beyond _ new ticket to ride to the moon and beyond is — new ticket to ride to the moon and beyond is now in fear. they chutes descending — beyond is now in fear. they chutes descending towards splashdown. if descending towards splashdown. if you're descending towards splashdown. you're just descending towards splashdown. if you're just tuning in to watch, we're just watching the descent now. we are seconds away from splashdown. and the timings are pretty spot on. perfect orientation for splashdown. just seconds away. it is

perfect orientation for splashdown. just seconds away.— perfect orientation for splashdown. just seconds away. it is pretty much ban on just seconds away. it is pretty much bang on schedule. _ just seconds away. it is pretty much bang on schedule. we _ just seconds away. it is pretty much bang on schedule. we have - just seconds away. it is pretty much bang on schedule. we have been i bang on schedule. we have been hearing from elizabeth pearson, who is editor of the sky at night magazine. we will go back to her in a moment. she is also glued to her screen, watching, as it is 1000 feet away from splashdown in the pacific ocean. and as you was feeling, if 0cean. and as you was feeling, if you are listening to elizabeth, those are the three main parachutes there. and the nasa life feet sounded very pleased at how well things were going, and it was descending at a rate is expected. just 500 feet away. elizabeth, . .. splashdown. from tranquility base to the tranquil waters of the pacific, the tranquil waters of the pacific, the latest — the tranquil waters of the pacific,

the latest chapter of nasa's journey to the _ the latest chapter of nasa's journey to the moon comes to a close. 0rion, back on— to the moon comes to a close. 0rion, back on earth — to the moon comes to a close. 0rion, back on earth. official to the moon comes to a close. orion, back on earth. official splashdown time, _ back on earth. official splashdown time, 1140 — back on earth. official splashdown time, 1140 and 30 seconds, am, central_ time, 1140 and 30 seconds, am, central time.— time, 1140 and 30 seconds, am, central time. that was incredible. quite an incredible _ central time. that was incredible. quite an incredible moment - central time. that was incredible. quite an incredible moment in i central time. that was incredible. quite an incredible moment in a l quite an incredible moment in a chapter of humanity and space exploration. chapter of humanity and space exploration-— chapter of humanity and space exloration. ~ , , ., , exploration. absolutely. it is a big relief to a lot _ exploration. absolutely. it is a big relief to a lot of _ exploration. absolutely. it is a big relief to a lot of people _ exploration. absolutely. it is a big relief to a lot of people to - exploration. absolutely. it is a big relief to a lot of people to see - exploration. absolutely. it is a big relief to a lot of people to see it i relief to a lot of people to see it finally come back down safely. they have spent a lot of work making sure that this mission goes to plan. some people might remember there was a bit of trouble towards the beginning of the launch, it was the third attempt of getting it on to the launch pad that they actually managed to finally make this long. there have been a lot of delays, but they really wanted to make sure that this mission was going to go correctly, because you don't want to

take risks when there is people on board. on first there wasn't any people on board the spacecraft, there will be on board the spacecraft, there will be in the future. it is definitely exciting to see come and i can't wait for artemis to to come in the next couple of years. it artemis to to come in the next couple of years.— artemis to to come in the next couple of years. it is a successful splashdown. _ couple of years. it is a successful splashdown, but _ couple of years. it is a successful splashdown, but what _ couple of years. it is a successful splashdown, but what happens i couple of years. it is a successful| splashdown, but what happens to couple of years. it is a successful- splashdown, but what happens to the spacecraft now? the splashdown, but what happens to the spacecraft now?— spacecraft now? the first time that the will spacecraft now? the first time that they will do — spacecraft now? the first time that they will do is _ spacecraft now? the first time that they will do is they _ spacecraft now? the first time that they will do is they will _ spacecraft now? the first time that they will do is they will be - they will do is they will be recovering the capsule. that is another thing they are going to have to test, picking up that capsule and bring it on board. there is a navy ship waiting nearby that will be able to pick it up and take it home. and then they will start, once it gets back to nasa, they will begin looking at all of the various senses and bits that they had on board. they will go over every aspect of every piece of data to see if there is anything that they can improve, make sure that everything did go to plan, make sure that the various

dummies on board, mannequins, but they were testing to make sure that they were testing to make sure that they weren't put under strenuous g forces that would hurt people. it is now going to be a long process of looking at lots of spreadsheets and making sure that everything is ok to start putting people into this. elizabeth, thank you so much for being with us while we watch that incredible moment of splashdown there. thank you for speaking to us. my there. thank you for speaking to us. my pleasure. elizabeth pearson, the features editor of the sky at night magazine. i have some breaking news to bring it. this is from jersey police, who have confirmed, sadly, that five people have died in the explosion which happened in st helier, when a building collapse, a block of flats, collapsed after that explosion. and we had been told that there were three confirmed dead, under that death toll has increased

to five. and we will bring you more on that there was get it. —— as we get it. emergency services are currently dealing with a major incident at a lake in north solihull. police say a number of people are in critical condition after being pulled from a lake in freezing temperatures. emergency crews from west midlands fire service and west midlands ambulance service are also in attendance, and police say several people have been taken to hospital. our reporter sophie madden is at the lake and sent us this update. as you can see, this is a major operation. there is a huge amount of military service because here, fire engines, ambulance, police, and the other side of the camera, is the cord and behind that is the lake, but i can see even more blue lights. there is a drone flying over the lake. the emergency services were called here to reports of people entering the water, and in the last ever they have confirmed that a number of people have been rescued

from the water. all of those are in a critical condition and are currently being taken to hospital, but it is likely that this emergency service presence will be staying here for a number of hours. and of course we will bring you more on that as we get it. as the temperatures in the uk drop, mountain rescue teams are bracing themselves for a busy few months. volunteers in cumbria say around 30% of rescue call—outs are avoidable. it comes as the lake district's fell top assessors have restarted their work. every day in winter they walk to the top of helvellyn mountain to provide data about the conditions — warnings which many walkers disregard. jonathan swingler reports. the hills are definitely a lot busier and we are seeing a lot more things that make us wince. seeing something on social media does not necessarily give a whole picture of what it is like to get to that place, what the conditions could be like when they get there and what could happen if it actually goes wrong. every day from now until easter, the fell top assessors head up helvellyn.

we're not fell top policeman, but we are providing information to give people information to keep them safe on the fells. it is very deceptive as well, when we set off today from the car park, you can see the tops of the hills, you could see there quite clearly, then we come up here and you look around here, the cloud is very low and the summits themselves are all in the clouds. unfortunately, 2021 was a record—breaking year. the mountain rescue teams were called out almost 700 times. i think it's going to get worse before it gets better. i think we will have more callouts before we can get the education message out there completely. approximately 30% of our callouts could be avoidable. we are encouraging people to plan theirjourneys ahead. we do see people scrabbling around on steep icy slopes,

without cramp—ons and ice axes. there is a steep slope and then a 200—foot cliff at the bottom, and they're just not... that lack of imagination, about what could happen if things went wrong. we see it all the time. you know, i followed a couple along striding edge in full winter conditions and they were injeans and trainers. a day like this is going to be pretty slick, sort of damp atmosphere. even on christmas day, you will find a fell top assessor making the journey up here. they take vital measurements to give us an idea of what to expect. on clear days, at over 3000 feet, they can capture some of these stunning views. i'm notjust going to get my camera out anywhere to take a photo, because i'm up and down a lot, i know places where i can get my camera out and do that safely without risk of falling off. last christmas was described as absolutely chaotic by the mountain rescue teams. know when to turn back. the hill will always be here for another day. if you get into conditions you're not comfortable

with, always turn back. now it's time to turn to our 100 women series, and meet the oscar—winning actress rita moreno. perhaps best—known for the role of anita in the 1961 film west side story, but now, at the age of 90, she's speaking out about racial stereotyping and representation in films and on tv. our correspondent nomia iqbal went to meet her. when i could understand what movies were, i wanted to be a movie star. that was the word, not an actress but a movie star. and i still hear that among very young people and i said to them, oh, let me tell you a few things. you went to hollywood during the golden age of cinema. and you were bigger than life. when i got my contract at mgm

studios, which was the studio of my dreams because that was the studio that made all the great musicals and when i met mr louis, can you imagine what that meant to this 15, 16—year—old girl? the men who produced all of those great mgm musicals and they wanted me to sign a contract with them? it was just unbelievable. unbelievable. they did not know what to do with me because my name was rosita dolores alvario. they changed it to rita moreno. what was that like? because these people have your career in their hands. in their hands, i felt like a prisoner in their hands and it really worried me because i was one of those kids that was just afraid to say no to anything. i'm sure you've lost count of some

of the racist encounters that you had in the industry, notjust being stereotyped, being puerto rican. tell me what that was like. i was always an island girl. and it seemed just fine at first and then it began to occur to me that that would limit me quite a bit because normally, those kinds of people have accents and almost always the makeup was dark and that went all the way up to west side story. any actress that plays anita is compared to you, how do you feel about that? i can't tell you how i feel about that. i suppose it is inevitable. i did win some wonderful awards, i won the oscar, of course. and, yes. you were called the pioneer in the community. la pionera.

i think of other people who have come after you who were as famous and notable as you and there are not a lot. it is better but we are seriously underrepresented in the hispanic community, which is shocking to me, i'm very upset about it. there should be more of you. there should be so many more of me and then some. it is still difficult. and it breaks my heart. i not only feel it, but i see in how i am employed in what kind of films, the quality of the films that are offered to me, i am still in that bind. and it is not in any way that i mind playing a hispanic, it is the kind of hispanic. i would've gotten farther, which is my deepest regret,

had it not been for the fact that i'm hispanic. i would've had a different career. i know it. now it's time for a look at the weather, with darren bett. hello, there. it's been very cold day today. it may well be some areas of the freezing fog through southern england, the midlands come up into lincolnshire, and a few patches further north. widespread sharp frost, typically minus five, could be as low as —13 in the north—east of scotland, the court is developing all your. very cold but sunny day

across scotland, so 24 northern ireland. a few patches of freezing fog which will be slow to live. some sunshine for england and wales, part of the south, southeast and through the midlands could see cold and grey, foggy day. and where you don't see the sunshine, those temperatures will remain below freezing.

a man suspected of being the lockerbie bomb maker — has been taken into us custody. it's 34 years since the bombing of pan am flight 103 — 270 people were killed on the plane — and on the ground in the scottish borders. the suspect is abu agila masud — previouslyjailed in libya, now due to appear in a us court. this is what the families have been fighting for for almost 34 years. they have been fighting forjustice, they have been fighting to see those who are guilty of this crime to be held accountable. we'll be live in washington — and in lockerbie. also tonight:

an emergency response is under way in the west midlands where several people are said to be in critical condition after falling into a lake. the 13—year—old whose leukaemia is in remission after a ground breaking new gene therapy. and england head home from the world cup, thanking fans and looking to the future. good evening. days before the 34th anniversary of the lockerbie bombing — its been revealed that a libyan man suspected of making the bomb is in us custody. 270 people died when a pan am flight exploded over lockerbie just before christmas 1988 — as our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports —

it has been a long search for justice for the victims' families.